Impossible

//ɪmˈpɑ.sə.bəl//

Synonyms for "impossible" (130 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Strong matches (39)

Adjective(1 words)
inconceivable

Related words (65)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

2 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

18 entries

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distinct from

5 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

59 entries

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similar

24 entries

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Translations

156 translations across 68 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀδύνατος adj (not able to be done)

Arabic

3 entries
  • محال adj (not able to be done)
  • مُسْتَحِيل adj (not able to be done)
  • مُسْتَحِيل noun (an impossibility)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անհնար adj (not able to be done)

Asturian

3 entries
  • imposible adj (not able to be done)
  • imposible adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • insoportable adj (very difficult to deal with)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • həyata keçirilməz adj (not able to be done)
  • mümkünsüz adj (not able to be done)
  • qeyri-mümkün adj (not able to be done)
  • qeyri-mümkün adj (very difficult to deal with)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • немагчы́мы adj (not able to be done)
  • немажлі́вы adj (not able to be done)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • невероятен adj (never happening)
  • невъзмо́жен adj (not able to be done)
  • неизпълним adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • неосъществим adj (very difficult to deal with)

Catalan

4 entries
  • impossible adj (not able to be done)
  • impossible adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • insuportable adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • impossible noun (an impossibility)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 冇可能嘅 adj (not able to be done)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 不可能的 adj (not able to be done)
  • 不會發生 /不会发生 adj (never happening)

Czech

2 entries
  • nemožný adj (not able to be done)
  • nemožný adj (very difficult to deal with)

Danish

4 entries
  • umulig adj (not able to be done)
  • umulig adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • umuligt adj (never happening)
  • umulighed noun (an impossibility)

Dutch

1 entries
  • onmogelijk adj (not able to be done)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • neebla adj (not able to be done)

Estonian

1 entries
  • võimatu adj (not able to be done)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kamala adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • kauhea adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • mahdoton adj (not able to be done)
  • mahdoton adj (very difficult to deal with)

French

4 entries
  • impossible adj (not able to be done)
  • impossible adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • impossible adj (never happening)
  • insupportable adj (very difficult to deal with)

Galician

2 entries
  • imposible adj (not able to be done)
  • imposíbel adj (not able to be done)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შეუძლებელი adj (not able to be done)

German

3 entries
  • unmöglich adj (not able to be done)
  • unmöglich adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • unmöglich adj (never happening)

Greek

4 entries
  • αδύνατο adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • ακατόρθωτος adj (not able to be done)
  • ανέφικτο adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • ανίσχυρο adj (very difficult to deal with)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בלתי־אפשרי adj (not able to be done)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अनहोनी adj (not able to be done)
  • असंभव or असम्भव adj (not able to be done)
  • नामुमकिन adj (not able to be done)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • lehetetlen adj (not able to be done)
  • lehetetlen adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • nehéz adj (very difficult to deal with)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ómögulegur adj (not able to be done)

Ido

1 entries
  • neposibla adj (not able to be done)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mustahil adj (not able to be done)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • impossibile adj (not able to be done)
  • insupportabile adj (very difficult to deal with)

Italian

4 entries
  • impossibile adj (not able to be done)
  • impossibile adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • impossibile adj (never happening)
  • insopportabile adj (very difficult to deal with)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ありえない adj (never happening)
  • 不可能な adj (not able to be done)
  • 不可能な adj (never happening)
  • 無理な adj (not able to be done)

Kapampangan

4 entries
  • emalyari adj (not able to be done)
  • emayari adj (not able to be done)
  • kasakit adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • malaut adj (never happening)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មិនអាចទៅរួច adj (not able to be done)

Korean

1 entries
  • 불가능하다 adj (not able to be done)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • мүмкүнсүз adj (not able to be done)

Latvian

2 entries
  • neiespējama adj (not able to be done)
  • neiespējams adj (not able to be done)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • neįmanoma adj (not able to be done)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • невозможен adj (not able to be done)

Malay

1 entries
  • mustahil adj (not able to be done)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അസാധ്യ adj (not able to be done)
  • അസാധ്യം noun (an impossibility)

Manx

1 entries
  • neuchredjallagh adj (not able to be done)

Marathi

1 entries
  • अशक्य adj (not able to be done)

Māori

1 entries
  • tē-taea adj (not able to be done)

Nepali

1 entries
  • असम्भव adj (not able to be done)

Norman

1 entries
  • împôssibl'ye adj (not able to be done)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • veadjemeahttun adj (not able to be done)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • umulig adj (not able to be done)

Old English

1 entries
  • unmihtlīċ adj (not able to be done)

Persian

1 entries
  • غیرممکن adj (not able to be done)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • ommäajlich adj (not able to be done)

Polish

2 entries
  • niemożliwy adj (not able to be done)
  • niemożliwy adj (never happening)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • impossível adj (not able to be done)
  • impossível adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • impossível adj (never happening)
  • insuportável adj (very difficult to deal with)

Romanian

1 entries
  • imposibil adj (not able to be done)

Romansch

1 entries
  • nunpussaivel adj (not able to be done)

Russian

4 entries
  • невозмо́жный adj (not able to be done)
  • невозмо́жный adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • невыполнимый adj (not able to be done)
  • невыполнимый adj (very difficult to deal with)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • do-dhèanta adj (not able to be done)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • neizdr̀živ adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • nepodnòšljiv adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • nȅmogūć adj (not able to be done)
  • nȅmogūć adj (very difficult to deal with)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nemožný adj (not able to be done)

Slovene

4 entries
  • nemogoč adj (not able to be done)
  • nemogoč adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • nemogoča adj (not able to be done)
  • nemogoča adj (very difficult to deal with)

Spanish

4 entries
  • imposible adj (not able to be done)
  • imposible adj (never happening)
  • inasumible adj (not able to be done)
  • insoportable adj (very difficult to deal with)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ogörlig adj (not able to be done)
  • omöjlig adj (not able to be done)
  • omöjlig adj (very difficult to deal with)
  • orealiserbar adj (not able to be done)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • di-sapala adj (not able to be done)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • muḥar adj (not able to be done)

Thai

1 entries
  • เป็นไปไม่ได้ adj (not able to be done)

Turkish

2 entries
  • imkânsız adj (not able to be done)
  • olanaksız adj (not able to be done)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • неможли́вий adj (not able to be done)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اسمبھو adj (not able to be done)
  • ان ہونی adj (not able to be done)
  • ناممکن adj (not able to be done)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bất khả thi adj (not able to be done)
  • không thể adj (not able to be done)

Welsh

1 entries
  • amhosibl adj (not able to be done)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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It's impossible for me to explain it to you.

Source: tatoeba (1597)

Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.

Source: tatoeba (1844)

Let's face it, it's impossible. We're never gonna make it.

Source: tatoeba (1851)

She's asking for the impossible.

Source: tatoeba (2095)

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